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The U.S. Department of Justice’s Middle District of Georgia Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday that four former Georgia Correctional officers were sentenced
Geary Staten, 31, a former supervisory correctional officer at Valdosta State Prison (VSP), pleaded guilty today in federal court to one count of misprision of a felony for his role in attempting to cover up an assault on an inmate incarcerated at the facility.
Correctional Officer Pleads Guilty to Civil Rights Offense for Assaulting Inmate Details Written by IVN Atlanta, Georgia - A Georgia correctional officer pleaded guilty today to violating the civil rights of an inmate. According to documents filed in connection with the guilty plea, Jamal Scott, 33, an on-duty correctional officer at the Valdosta State Prison (VSP) in Valdosta, struck an inmate with his fist multiple times while the inmate was handcuffed and lying on the ground on Dec. 29, 2018. Specifically, Scott, along with Correctional Officer Brian Ford, Serge...
NationofChange Second correctional officer pleads guilty to assaulting handcuffed inmate “Damaging repercussions are felt across our community and beyond whenever a sworn officer violates the civil rights of a person in their charge.” Accused of repeatedly punching a handcuffed inmate on the ground, a second Georgia correctional officer pleaded guilty to violating the inmate’s civil rights by assaulting him. On December 29, 2018, Valdosta State Prison (VSP) correctional officers Jamal Scott and Brian Ford escorted a handcuffed inmate named only as “F.G.” to an outdoor ar...
A Valdosta correctional officer pleaded guilty Wednesday to violating the civil rights of an inmate, according to a Department of Justice release.